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Taiwan has opened an office to facilitate migration from Hong Kong following China’s passage of a national security law for the former British colony seen as sharply restricting political opposition a ... ( read original story ...)

More than a year after same-sex marriage was legalized in Taiwan, artists say the law has had a wider impact on the island's LGBTQ community. ( read original story ...)

To kickstart domestic tourism, the face mask on a sand sculpture in Taipei, Taiwan, was removed on June 29 by the country's transportation and health ministers. ( read original story ...)

China's passage of a national security law for Hong Kong drew international condemnation on Tuesday, with the United States, European Union, Britain and Japan criticising measures that set the stage ... ( read original story ...)

The European Union expressed anger while Britain and Japan voiced concern on Tuesday after China passed a national security law for Hong Kong that threatens to usher in the starkest changes for the ... ( read original story ...)

A power struggle for control of one of Taiwan’s favorite household-appliance brands descended into acrimony after the company’s chairwoman avoided being ousted in a controversial shareholder vote. ( read original story ...)

In 1979 the U.S. promised a security guarantee to Taiwan if certain conditions were met. 41 years later those conditions are in place and Su Chi, a think tank member and member of the opposition ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen told reporters she was "very disappointed" by China's imposition of the law, which proved that the "one country, two systems" formula, which Beijing ... ( read original story ...)

Fighting erupted in Taiwan's parliament on Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) broke through barricades erected by the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) who had ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan is looking to tighten regulation of Chinese investment in its companies over fears that Beijing could obtain access to sensitive data and technologies. The government is compiling an “inventory ... ( read original story ...)

Militants yesterday attacked the stock exchange in the Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least six people — four security guards, a policeman and a bystander, police said. Special police forces ... ( read original story ...)

Scuffles and shouting erupted in Taiwan's legislature on Monday (June 29), after opposition party lawmakers occupied parliament overnight. Members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party broke past ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei: While the much-awaited pride parade celebrations were called off in several countries, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the Taiwanese capital Taipei was the only one that held its ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's economy has held up better than most Asian countries, thanks in part to how well it handled the coronavirus outbreak, said an economist from research house Capital Economics. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's export-reliant economy is still hurting from the coronavirus pandemic's impact on trade and tourism, says Nick Marro of the Economist Intelligence Unit, who also discusses how it has been ... ( read original story ...)

A giant panda gifted by China to Taiwan has given birth to a second female cub after being artificially inseminated, Taipei Zoo announced Monday. Yuan Yuan and her partner Tuan Tuan have been top ... ( read original story ...)